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I've not played it online, but I reckon it must lose a big dimension of the game. For me the personal interaction, persuasion and deception (not talking about breaking rules, but about throwing attention away from yourself) are all good parts of the game. This is true. And it really isn't quite the...

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God tier:
Jazz
Pink Lady

Good tier:
Braeburn
Golden Delicious

Ok tier:
Granny Smith

Shit tier:
Gala

Haven't tried:
Honey crisp
Red delicious

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That is very interesting. But I suppose I'd question what it means to be 90% skill. How do you quantify and measure these things for a game? And how many games are in a tournament? If it's loads, then there can still be a lot of luck in each game, but it averages out over a tournament. A tournament...

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Still gutted about this one! A max game would have been a rarer and more significant achievement than winning the series! Wouldn't have traded it though hehe

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Secondly, the various resources have different values. It goes (from most to least valuable) brick, iron/ore, wheat, wood, and sheep. Explained in far more detail here (https://www.alexcates.com/post/board-game-breakdown-catan-resource-value) Thanks for the comment Matt! I find this an interesting ...

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I think 90% skill must be an exaggeration That was my and everyone else's initial reaction but I've now spent quite a long time watching content of and playing against some of the very top players and they really have a knack for just winning constantly, with dice rolls only being a significant fac...

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Does anyone here play Settlers of Catan? Since 'completing' Countdown, it's become my new addiction and thing which I want to get really good at. I just love it. And it's one of those games where everyone thinks it's just luck of the dice but the better you get, the more you realise that it's 90% sk...

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I haven't read much of this thread in detail, but I respect your opinions and your careful reasonings a lot Callum, so keep it up. I still remember a comment you made in the religion thread about religion being evolutionarily beneficial and this is something that at the time I had never considered. ...

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Many of the leaders and organisers of strike action have said that, if they could, they would continue to e.g. run train services while not taking payments from passengers. But this is illegal, whereas the current strike action is legal. Perhaps legalising this method of strike action would be a bet...

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I think nowadays the 4 of Jack W, Elliott, Conor and Rob in no particular order feel like they're in a tier of their own. Some people in the past, like Innis, would be up there maybe but nowadays I think it's just those four. Ahmed seems like he hasn't peaked yet and could break into that top tier ...

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Mine are also still in the original packaging. So strange that they give the runner up £1k cash which is clearly better to have. FYI, the £1k prize was scrapped in the Nick Hewer era. The runner-up now receives a 32 GB iPad (which I still use daily), the winner a MacBook Pro (which Zarte sold) and,...

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Enjoyed watching the final. Thanks for uploading

Congrats Jack and good effort Jonny

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I didn't know the word, but the ordering of the letters felt natural and it sounded right, and I couldn't see any likely alternatives, meaning I could buzz in with confidence.

I'd say that's a good conundrum for a finals.

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Watching the final having not heard the songs before. Honestly feel like it's been a really dull year, with no songs standing out as special, and lacking variety with a bunch of ballads and generic pop songs and not much rock, metal, jazzy stuff, drum and bass or any crazy eurovision specials. As a ...

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Do you have any evidence for this? I had Anne-Marie for my octorun and I don't think she ever actually attempted to do any of the numbers rounds herself, and any I missed appeared to be fed to her through an earpiece. Of course, the statement that she is exceptional at maths still holds true. It se...

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Hugely appreciated as always. Thanks Rob!

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Given those stats only count games that have been uploaded to the leaderboards, I imagine the actual number of games played must be huge. I must have played hundreds of games offline, especially when I was travelling or without access to internet, and many more half-finished ones when playing with a...

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1. Where do you find this info?

2. How do you already know how many people are going to watch in March hehe

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I hope it comes either after this series or a few years down the line

- not taking for granted that I would get in (series finals not filmed yet!), but if I did, I'd rather have a few more years to practise!

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Check out my score of 135 on the Countdown Android app
http://jackhurst.co.uk/countdowngame?QXeMy6

8 Darren max for this one, but unfortunately missed it by one!

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I'm leaving it late to decide. Really want to come but going abroad a few days later so trying to determine the COVID risk...

Which means I might also be a late applicant

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Unlike Apto, it's possible in this app to keep restarting games until you get a 9 in Round 1. This would seem to be a sensible strategy for aiming for a high score, but I'm guessing this would be frowned upon? Any way to prevent this from happening? Or planning to just let it happen?

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No-one knows the craic with this yet? Do they push everything back by one day, or perhaps keep the schedule as is & make today's episode available to view on More 4 instead? I'd be very surprised if everything got pushed back a day. The amount of "on this day"s and "see you next ...

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Me too!

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Was hoping to make this my first coevent parkrun but sadly won't be able to - hopefully next time!

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Italy's entry was a very enjoyable piece of music for me. When Finland were revealed to have scored over 200 from the public with what was a very bland piece, it was clear that Italy would be the ones to beat. Hmmm I actually quite liked the Finnish piece. Of the two, I'd say that that was the inte...

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Not gonna lie. Despite not being previously invested, I find it incredibly disappointing that two incredibly moving and beautiful pieces of music were beaten by the noise Italy came out with. It makes the whole thing feel quite farcical.

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I have not been watching Eurovision at all until the final, but I ranked them as I went along tonight based on my favourites after a single listen, so here they are! Biggest surprise for me was finding out Italy were the bookies' favourites... I had them in my bottom three, and thought the song was ...

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Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 3:29 pm Just wait until Rachel hears what her own tweets have done to her reputation!

This made me giggle.

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Enjoyed that a lot!

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not sure where/when I've misdirected the convo tho. I definitely could have worded things better here. I actually don't believe there has been much misdirection. On reflection, I'm thinking it's just down to word count. As in, when it comes to the section where the contestant gets to introduce a bi...

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I'm happy to provide feedback here, though I do think there are benefits to anonymising feedback, e.g. people can say what they feel without having to worry about being mean/harsh (which I'm a little concerned about coming across as here! I don't like offending people!) and also you can collect a sm...

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Can I suggest some sort of anonymous online feedback form for Zoomdown?

That would allow the viewers to express the things that we particularly like or think could be improved and could maybe be taken on board to make Zoomdown even better.

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Recently read The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary. Would seriously recommend. Something I would never have considered reading as I haven't read anything like it before (it's a rom com!), which I suspect a lot of people here might relate to, but someone I knew had mentioned it and it was £1 on Kindle so I...

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Beautiful Rob. Thanks!

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Just watching a lecture.

Lecturer says 'if you want to collect words for things like scrabble, then metabotype = ____'

Unfortunately it's invalid in both Countdown and Scrabble

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I've started studying Biology this year.

So many sequences of letters have become real-life words!

E.g. ____ZOANS, LIGATES, DENATURED, and many more

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That is very cool Jack.

I might try and do something similar in my gap year... It looks both fun and helpful!

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It seems that you're way ahead of me (which is not really a surprise!) and have thought about everything I had to say, but hopefully it might be somewhat helpful to someone else!

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If you didn't know, Rob Foster has a spreadsheet in which he's simulated a few million games and ranked words by usefulness. (I think Jack Hurst and Paul Erdunast may have contributed in some ways - I don't remember exactly so apologies if I'm not giving appropriate credit!) In the spreadsheet, you ...

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I have a very similar spike Fiona!

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I've been running more.

Lost about a stone!

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Absolutely loved last year's! I'm in if things are ok by then!

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Don't worry about me Fiona. I'm not currently close to that point, and I suspect there's a good chance I won't ever be, but it is something I think I ought to investigate. It's a question of truth, not personal happiness. After all, it says in Corinthians: "And if Christ has not been raised, ou...

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In addition to Callum's points: most religious people are brought up that way. It's a basis for their moral modus operandi, and if that works for them, I can certainly get why many don't dig too deep to find out if it's actually true. This has become a very pertinent question for me ever since I fi...

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My friend met the face from the sun in Teletubbies at a club

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I don't know why so many people seem to poo-poo the relevance of rolling ratings. I mean, it suits me in a way, because according to ProRanks I was better than Conor or Kirk the last time I looked, but clearly that's bollocks. I find rolling ratings to be a better indicator of how tight (and hence ...

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OK, I'm going to have a go at replying to a lot of responses I've had. Sorry it's taken so long! My first response is that one very positive result of posting on here has been seeing the thoughts of people who exist in completely different circles to me. I had not realised until now how much of an e...

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I agree. I also wouldn't waste much time with anyone who believes that something written in a book is hard evidence I'm sorry if I was unclear. I cannot claim that the Bible is hard evidence, but I do claim that Jesus almost certainly existed. Now you mention it though, perhaps my assumption on thi...

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I'm a Christian. I've arrived at this point having considered the evidence, but also having met with God personally. That doesn't mean I don't doubt my faith (very often) and I'm very aware that some of the stuff I say can sound ludicrous to non-believers. The first thing I'd like to point out is th...

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Massive Willy

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Get to watch my first CoC! Excited!

(P.S. anyone know anywhere I can watch CoC XIV or 30th birthday...?)

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Decided against UNFOUND and SHAPELY... Was that a mistake?

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R1 - Letters - AEIFNDBTS R2 - Letters - AIEVFWGNO R3 - Numbers - 9 8 2 5 3 6 @777 R4 - Letters - EIOCNBRUS R5 - Letters - AOOGTNNAN R6 - Numbers - 100 7 3 6 7 3 @ 888 R7 - Letters - OIAMGDHMW R8 - Letters - OOIDSLROS R9 - Numbers - 9 2 6 2 6 10 @ 812 R10 - Letters - UOUFNNYDD R11 - Letters - AEESGHL...

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R01: BGACOSEDI R02: JTNFCOEUM R03: 25,100,75,50,9,6 @ 835 R04: IOIPGPROE R05: SAYOMAEGT R06: 75,2,3,8,4,8 @ 555 R07: ASRESMUIL R08: PDBEAORDI R09: 25,75,8,6,4,1 @ 559 R10: PXKSAIONT R11: DNEUAQNVI R12: AFOWILUTO R13: SUWRISEON R14: 2,6,6,5,3,8 @ 778 R15: LANGLYBIZ (conundrum) BODICES MOUNT 837 = 100...

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If this is true, and there's a chance I get to watch some old episodes (particular from COCs) then it'll be a dream come true! I've looked all over the place for them!

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Can't wait!

Both these two very likely to be the top two in the whole series so very unfortunate that they have to come against each other before the finals!

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Well that went well...

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Game 1: LOWER
Game 2: HIGHER
Game 3: LOWER
Game 4: LOWER
Game 5: LOWER
Game 6: HIGHER
Game 7: HIGHER

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